Ajatshatru Singh

Ajatshatru Singh (born 6 February 1966 in Delhi) is a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party and a member of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council[1][2] in the Government of Jammu and Kashmir. He was a member of the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference and was minister of state with portfolios of Tourism, Youth Services & Sports, Parks and Gardens, Science & Technology and Transport & Information in Farooq Abdullah's government from 1996 to 2002. He was also Member of Legislative Assembly from Nagrota constituency from 1996 to 2002.

He is a son of senior Congress leader and former Sadr-e-Riyasat Karan Singh and Yasho Rajya Lakshmi grand daughter of the last Rana Prime Minister of Nepal, Mohan Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana. He is also Trustee of JK Dharmarth Trust which was founded by Maharaja Gulab Singh.[3] His elder brother Vikramaditya Singh (politician) is a member of the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party.

In November 2015, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in presence of that party's President Amit Shah.[4][5][6][7][8]

References

  1. ↑ Former Jammu and Kashmir King’s grandson joins PDP
  2. ↑ One Dynasty is Dying, Other is Rising in Jammu And Kashmir
  3. ↑ JK Dharmarth Trust
  4. ↑ After Ajatshatru’s switch, family has a member each in BJP, Cong, PDP
  5. ↑ Congress leader Karan Singh's son Ajatshatru joins BJP
  6. ↑ Karan Singh's son Ajatshatru Singh to join BJP tomorrow
  7. ↑ Karan Singh’s son Ajatshatru to join BJP
  8. ↑ Karan Singh's Son Ajatshatru to Join BJP Today
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